Obama the worst president ever? Let's check the facts:

[MrScorpio]

[MannyGoldstein]

1. Obama's better than Bush... or Romney.

Rah.

[HughBeaumont]

13. Unfortunately, the maturity level and will is just not there for a progressive in the White House.

It's a multi-faceted problem that has many solutions; sadly, none of them are easy or time-friendly.

Corporations and the wealthy that run them, plain and simple, need to be barred from the electoral process, local and national. This is OUR country, not theirs. Try running for any kind of office with less than a million in campaign funds. In this area, progressives are already on the outside looking in.

The Fairness Doctrine needs to be restored and the 1996 Telecommunications Act needs to be struck down. As it is, Big Media is never going to allow equal footing at the table for progressive voices or ideas, since they're "Bad for Business! You wouldn't want to be 'Bad for Business', would you son?"

Let's go so far to say that the Regressive Right has two channels - one for RNC propaganda (Faux) and the other for Trickle-Down Economics propaganda (CNBC). Each is allowed to lie their ass off and get away with it, which explains why anyone to the left of Joe Lieberman is viewed as a "SOSHULIST". You'd figure dying mediums like radio and TV still wouldn't hold sway on any kind of majority in 2012, but sadly, they do.

The hardest and sketchiest part of all: there would need be a massive die-off of the old "Silent Majority" jokers who are still fighting the Cold War, still teach poisoned 1950s ideals to their families and still vote. That is a "wait it out" thing in a time where America cannot afford to wait.

[MannyGoldstein]

16. We elected a progressive to the White House in 2008

He won big, then changed his mind.

[HughBeaumont]

17. Honestly, I don't think he ever was a progressive.

He definitely campaigned as one, granted . . . but certain things he put on the back burner gave him away (Afghanistan escalation, believes in "The Free Markets", doesn't believe government should be the solution to what ails us, admired Reagan, etc).

. . . then again, Bewsh 43 campaigned as a moderate to cast reasonable doubt and turned into the glorified corporate fascist he always was.

Just kind of makes you think . . . IS there a higher corporate power pulling the strings? Are we not just theorizing?

[MrScorpio]

2. There's more:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2012/02/24/what-do-americans-think-of-obamas-performance-as-a-president/

[emulatorloo]

3. Very nice. Thanks!

[freshwest]

8. +1. Really enjoyed the Forbes piece, Mr. Scorpio.

[NYC_SKP]

4. "save image as"...

This is a keeper.

K/R

[freshwest]

9. Nice way to end the evening. Not looking forward to the devastation of a possible Romney/Ryan USA.

[NYC_SKP]

5. No Fair Using FACTS!

[nxylas]

6. "Businesses reported record profits"

I'm sure that wealth is going to begin trickling down any day now, right?

[pacalo]

7. Is the dark side actually claiming this?!

After 8 nightmarish years of an overindulged brat with political connections to help him skate by without any accountability whatsoever, who could say that with a straight face about Obama?!

Bush/Cheney should have been arrested & prosecuted; their unpunished crimes seem to breed the most incredibly stupid thinking in this country.

[HughBeaumont]

14. Romney definitely is . . . every time he's in front of a camera.

He's also allowed to continually get away with this WHOPPER of a lie:

"Obama's lost more jobs than any president in the past 50 years"

The first six months of President Obama's term, where most of the job losses occurred, do not count in this stat since not a DAMNED ONE of his economic policies went into effect until after that fact. All of those job losses during the first year are completely on the shoulders of the craptastic Bewsh Administration's economic policies. This is a dishonest false trail that a five year old could cut through and the media continually allows RMoney to get away with this lie over and over again.

Of course, that part doesn't surprise me, since they're purchased and they hate Democrats.

[pacalo]

15. The media flat out lies to the public when it allows those type of statements to be aired without

any rebuttal with the facts.

Silence means assent.

[deacon]

10. "Worst Presidents" leave economies like bush did. It's quite a incredibly stupid statement. n/t

[ReadingMD]

11. Yes I want to support and reelect this President

For those of you in the 6th Congressional District in Massachusetts(John Tierney's District) there is a caucus today at Peabody HS starting at 8:30am. 4 men and 4 women and 1 male alternate will be selected to go to the National Democratic Convention in Charlotte, Sept 3rd to the 6th. I am one of those running for a male slot. I have worked and am working on the grunt side of many campaigns on all government levels. Since Howard Dean asked his supporters to become members of their local committees I have been an elected member of the Reading Town Committee and have been selected as a representative to the state convention for the past 5 years.

I grew up in Newark, NJ and attended public schools and the state university. After Med School in NY I became a private Family Physician and after some 40 years of practice I am now retired. I want to be in person to cast a vote to reelect President Obama and assure him we have his back. My background and life experience tells me to embrace the strongest ideals of the Democratic Party, hope, opportunity, and progress. The Republicans promote fear, luck, and some past time that did not exist.

So to be elected you need at least a majority of those present as registered Democrats. So if you live in the 6th CD in Mass and you are a registered Democrat as of Feb 15th please come out to vote. I want to shake your hand and try to earn your vote. My name is Dr. Donald Green from Reading, Ma. The caucus is being held at Peabody HS, 485 Lowell St, Peabody. See you there.

[blouhondvarkejones]

12. Obama the worst President?

well when President Obama screws things up worse then Rancid Ronnie and Dubya, then I will call him the worst but even with all of Presidents Obama's faults he is still better than Raygun and Dubya.

[gulliver]

18. Romney gets all his ideas from the same well as Bush

Let's hope America can remember back a few years. Republicans hope not.